If anyone had ever believed at one point in their lives that the hospital was a comforting place, then they were not right in the head. The hospital was filled with patients that had just about any form of disease that one could imagine, and only too few doctors to aid them. They would be in a constant rush, hurrying from patient to patient with little time to spare. Not only that, but a hospital is filled with an assortment of chemicals with names that could make your head spin, and if used incorrectly, could kill you. A hospital is one of the most potentially haphazard and dangerous places you can be, and yet, the single most miraculous event in human history occurs within the confines of these ghostly white halls.

Uzumaki Naruto, Konoha Jounin just a year past his twenty-fifth birthday, was sitting on a couch in the middle of the hospital's maternity ward's waiting area. His outfit stuck him out like a sore thumb. Naruto had never quite quit his obsession with the color orange. He wore the typical black, long-sleeved shirt under his Chuunin vest, but he still wore orange pants much like he wore in the past. Overtop all this was a long, short-sleeved coat very similar to the one he wore in his battle against Nagato, but instead of red, the coat was orange with the same black flames lining the bottom.

Naruto tried not to show it, but he was very anxious. He had lost track of how long he has been waiting some time ago. Naruto was with his wife earlier when the birth had started. However, they both knew how queasy Naruto would get in these situations. Naruto insisted on staying, but anyone could tell he was trying his hardest not to get sick. Eventually, the nurse told him to leave. The nurse didn't want Naruto getting sick in the room, so it was more like he was kicked out.

This was not the first time Naruto had been through this. He and his wife, Hinata, had already been blessed with two wonderful children five years ago. Naruto looked down to his right and saw his son, Hyuuga Hizashi, asleep with his back resting on Naruto's side, and to Naruto's left was Hizashi's twin sister, Uzumaki Natsuko, who was also asleep using her father's lap as a pillow. The twins were not identical, which was obvious in their appearance. Hizashi had the typical lavender eyes of a Hyuuga and had short, brown hair that was a little messy compared to other Hyuuga. Natsuko had bright blue eyes and blonde hair, like her father, and she had her hair cut down to her shoulders. However, they were not only different in appearance but in attitude as well. Natsuko was very much like her father where she was very eccentric and would always speak her mind. Although, it would get so bad that some people mistakenly thought that she legitimately had ADHD. Hizashi was very quiet and well-mannered in contrast to his twin. It wasn't that he was shy; it was just that he had a good ability in reading people and knew how to act in certain situations.

Naruto stared down at his two beautiful children and a he allowed a small smile. He already has two amazing children, and now a third is coming along soon. Right now, Naruto thought he was the happiest, luckiest person alive, and nothing could possibly ruin his mood. He remembered back to when Hinata was pregnant with Natsuko and Hizashi; he was a nervous wreck, for more than one reason. For one, Hinata was pregnant! He had no experience in something like that before. Hinata was never the one to allow her emotions to get the better of her, but that didn't stop her insatiable urges and various mood swings. Naruto didn't know when or where she learned it, but whenever Naruto tried to talk her out of a burger in the middle of the night, Hinata would just give him this hostile glare that made him shut up right there and then. While raising Natsuko and Hizashi, Hinata had decided that the glare was very useful in her parenting and made it into her own. Though, instead of this violent glare, she kept the face of a happy mother with a beautiful small on her face, but the aura that came from her contradicted this, as the look she gave you sent a cold shiver down your spine and just left you feeling very awkward and frightened. She would use this many times in order to keep Natsuko, and occasionally Hizashi, in check.

However, the bigger issue with Hinata's first pregnancy was Naruto's in-laws, the Hyuuga Clan. Originally, the prestigious clan had no problem with Naruto's and Hinata's courtship. Naruto had established himself as a very capable shinobi and leader. Because of his efforts against the Akatsuki and in the Fourth Great Shinobi World War, Konohagakure had made permanent allies with Amekagure, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Lightening. Also, even though they weren't technically allies, the Land of Fire was in better relations with the Land of Earth and the Land of Water. However, when the news of Hinata's pregnancy reached their ears, they became slightly worried. They were afraid of the blood of the main family would become tainted, feeling a half-breed Hyuuga would not be a sufficient heir. Even though Hinata's younger sister, Hanabi, had been legally declared the heir to the seat of clan leader years ago, Hinata's child would become the one to claim the title of clan leader after Hanabi, as Hinata still had this right as first born. This meant that any child Hanabi would bear would be branded with the seal of the cadet branch. Hanabi had no problem with this, as the seal had been altered just a few years ago. Hinata, Hanabi, Neji, and Naruto had painstakingly researched the cursed seal and had succeeded in changing its nature. The effect that when a branch family would die the Byakugan would be sealed away stayed, but the ability for the main family to control the branch family was removed. This changed the branch family's role from servants to protectors.

Soon, once Hinata's pregnancy reached its second month, the evidence of fraternal twins began to show. The Hyuuga elders took a sigh of relieve in that a proper Hyuuga may be born, but they never got their hopes up. This was a difficult time as Hinata's mood swings became worse and the tension from Naruto's in-laws did not help in the situation. So when Natsuko and Hizashi were finally born, Naruto could have leaped right through the hospital to reach the heavens and thank God personally. He almost did, but the ceiling of the hospital room was a lot sturdier then he first imagined. Hizashi did not exactly have the appearance that the Hyuuga main family had wanted, but this was quickly overlooked has Hizashi would soon show great promise in Juuken, along with a larger then normal chakra volume for a Hyuuga. This was no doubt the influence of the father.

Back in the present, Naruto was still overlooking his two children and beamed. It was true that in, and before the beginning, those two had caused him and Hinata some trouble, but it was worth it. Becoming a parent is probably the single greatest thing that has happened to him, next to marrying Hinata, and it seems to just change a person. Naruto had always heard this in his childhood and never really gave it a second thought. He just always thought that having a baby was like receiving a gift, you are absolutely in love with it at first but a month or two later the thing would be found collecting dust on high some shelf. Boy was he wrong, mainly because the fact is that, it was true! Having children of your own really does change you, and it also gives you a sense of pride. His thoughts were then interrupted by a familiar voice and Naruto quickly brought his head up toward the source.

"Yo, baka!" Sakura greeted him in an overly friendly tone. Unlike Naruto, her attire fit into her surroundings a lot better. She had long since stopped wearing clothes fit for combat, as she now had a permanent position within the hospital. Now she wore a basic medical uniform, which for Sakura was a pair of red scrubs and a long-sleeved, and a pure white haori that she wore like a lab coat.

"Hey, Sakura." Naruto returned the greeting. "Do you think that there will be any possibility that you will stop calling me by that little nickname you've given me, I do believe that I have matured enough for that."

"Not a chance." Sakura said as she placed herself down on the couch. There was just enough room for her next to Hizashi.

"I won't argue that you're much more mature then you used to be, but you'll always be a baka to me."

Sakura then looked down at the sleeping Hizashi, and then turned her attention toward Narsuko. A small smile then appeared on her face.

"You know, I have to admit that I have still not gotten over the fact that you're a father. If someone had told me this fourteen or thirteen years ago, I would have said that that person was crazy, and then I would have contacted Child Protection Services to make sure that it would never happen."

"Wow, Sakura, your confidence in me is staggering." Naruto said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Oh, come on Naruto, it was just a little joke. Anyway, I haven't seen these little guys in such a while. It would be nice if you and Hinata would visit more often." Sakura said while she leaned over to pat Natsuko's and Hizashi's head. Naruto would have told her that she should just settle down and start a family of her own and stop using his children to replace her lack of, but the last time he said something like that, Naruto found himself lying on his back with a bloody nose. Sakura then stopped patting Naruto's children and let out a heavy sigh as she leaned back into her own seat.

"Alright, with catching up done, there is something I want to talk to you about seriously."

"Seriously!" Naruto repeated, while putting on a fake ignorant face of a child. He was trying to mess with her.

"Yes, I'm being serious right now, so stop goofing off." Sakura paused and cleared her throat.

"You know, Lady Tsunade is getting along in her years. She doesn't like to admit it, but, she is. Before you know it, she will be as old as the Third before he died. Everyone is expecting her to start looking for possible candidates soon and…" Naruto put his hand up in front of Sakura as a single for her to stop talking.

"We've had this talk already, and my decision stands firm."

"But everyone's looking toward you to replace her! Hell, you're the only person fit for the position."

"That doesn't change my answer. If they want me so badly then tell them to just wait a little longer."

"Baka, the title of Hokage isn't something to be taken so lightly! You of all people should know how important its!"

"Of course I do! It's just…" Naruto stopped as he looked back at his two children. Hizashi had begun to slouch a bit and one of his legs was now dangling off his chair from the knee down. Natsuko had switched from lying on her side to her back. Once again, Naruto couldn't help but break into a smile. The very thought that he had two kids of his own, and that they were currently using him as his pillow, just made him feel purely happy. A rare kind of happiness that one could only feel once they themselves had become a father.

"It's just that I have something much more important in my life. Natsuko, Hizashi, and my recently born son are now the most treasured people in my life. I want to be there for them. I never grew up knowing my own father and I don't want them growing up with a lack of one like I did. If I were to take the position of Hokage now, I would be missing the most important moments in my children's lives, and I just can't bring myself to do such a thing."

Naruto had been staring down at his children as he was saying this, admiring their very existence. He brought himself to look back at Sakura, giving her a smile like he had just found the meaning of true happiness, and honestly, Naruto truly believes he has.

"If I were to choose, I would rather be with my family then be the Hokage any day."

Sakura was instantly taken aback. Naruto pretty much out-right denied his life-long dream. Naruto said that he would refuse the title of Hokage if it meant losing time with his family, and he said it with absolute certainty and dedication. Sakura couldn't quite believe what she was hearing; this was coming from the boy that was always screaming that he would be the next Hokage until he ran out of breath. Where did that boy go? What happened to him? The answer was right in front of her, as Naruto had been saying it the entire time. It was those two angels that were now resting their five-year-old bodies on their father. Could becoming a father, a parent, change someone this much. Sakura couldn't even begin to imagine what that feeling was like, to hold such a precious existence in your arms, and know that you were one of people to help bring that existence into the world. She couldn't fathom it, and yet she knew that it was something remarkable. Truthfully, she was envious, but she was glad as well. If it was one person that deserved such happiness, it was Naruto. Sakura removed herself from her thoughts and smiled back at him.

"Well, would you look at that? It seems that Konoha's number one knuckleheaded shinobi has finally grown up."

"Thanks, Sakura." Naruto replied.

"Yeah, but you will always be a baka to me." Sakura said with a sneer.

The two former teammates began to laugh. It felt good. Any anxiety Naruto had was now gone. He couldn't remember what he was so anxious about in the first place, and then it came right back him. What was making him nervous was what made him nervous the first time around. It was the tension he was being given by his in-laws, the Hyuuga clan. They had their heir, but they felt unsettled by this second pregnancy. There was only one child this time around, and they believed this meant that the newborn will be a true half-breed Hyuuga. They were a very prestigious clan, and they were hesitant in bringing in such a child. However, they were also unwilling to give the child the Uzumaki name. They didn't want a child who had a possibility of possessing the Byakugan to belong to any other family. Even to this very day, they were undecided on the issue. Little did they know that all of their debates were completely pointless.

Naruto had already known, since even before the moment of his son's conception, that the child would be neither a Hyuuga nor an Uzumaki, he was going to be an Uchiha. Right before his death, Uchiha Itachi had confronted Naruto and questioned him about his intentions with Sasuke, who had become a rogue shinobi. Itachi had warned him that Sasuke would target Konoha, but Naruto didn't believe him and continued to say how he would bring Sasuke back to Konoha alive. Itachi knew that Naruto could not be swayed from his decision, so he did the only thing he could do to help him. As a part of his final contingency plan, Itachi had sealed a part of himself inside of Naruto. Itachi knew that Sasuke would take his eyes to create an Eternal Mangekyou, and that Naruto would need the aid of Itachi's power in order to overcome it. However, when Naruto had finally become aware of Itachi's presence within his psych, he constantly refused any help from the Uchiha. Naruto was determined on defeating Sasuke using his own power and hard work, but when the day came when Naruto finally confronted Sasuke, they fought each other to a stand still. Konoha and the other major villages had defeated Madara and the Akatsuki, but Sasuke had managed to escape and went into hiding.

Now, with the war over, not only did Naruto have a vicious demon living within his psych, but a misunderstood political criminal as well. Although, Naruto didn't completely mind Itachi living inside his mind because Itachi was certainly much smarter than Naruto and he did give good advice. Also, after digging around in Naruto's memories, Itachi was the one to finally give the push he needed in order to respond to Hinata's confession; not before helping Naruto realize how much Hinata really meant to him, of course. Naruto was truly grateful toward Itachi for that, even though Itachi said the only reason he intervened was that he believed it was rude how Naruto just kind of left her out in the cold like that and found it rather annoying.

The reason didn't matter to Naruto, and he gave Itachi a fairly good proposition. Naruto offered Itachi a second chance at life. Itachi had just looked at him like he was insane or something, but Naruto was serious. He had paid a visit to Ino's father, Inoichi, and consulted him about the issue. He said it was possible, but it has never been done before and the only way to be sure was to try it. What Naruto's plan was exactly was that he planned Itachi to be reborn through one of his children. He got Itachi to consider it at first, but it took him a while to finally agree to the idea. During Hinata's first pregnancy, Itachi stayed within Naruto's psych because of the political reasons behind it. Also, there was the possibility that Itachi would be split in two and shared between the twins. So they decided to try with the next pregnancy.

Now, it wasn't like reincarnating Itachi was the reason behind Naruto having children. Hinata's pregnancies were completely unrelated, as that Naruto and Hinata weren't really trying, it just happened. Itachi knew this and didn't mind. He didn't want Naruto and Hinata to rush things for his sake.

The second pregnancy was successful, as there was no trace of Itachi left in Naruto's psych. Now, to make sure there was no confusion as to why an Uchiha was born when neither of the parents was one, Naruto had already explained the situation thoroughly to Hinata and Tsunade before the first pregnancy.

All of a sudden, Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts by the feeling of his coat being yanked on. He snapped out of his deep thoughts and looked to see his only daughter lifting herself up by tugging on her father's coat, meeting him at eye-level. She was glaring her bright blue eyes into her father's own.

"The two of you seem pretty chummy right now. If do anything that would make mom upset then I will never forgive you." Natsuko scowled.

"Oh, and what could I possibly be doing that would make your mom upset?" Naruto answered.

"You know, stuff." Naruto chuckled at his daughters response and patted her on the head.

"Alright, with that aside, how long have you been awake, Natsuko." Naruto asked his daughter as she got down from his lap and began to stretch her body. Her orange T-shirt didn't hang to far over her blue shorts, so her belly showed as she raised herself up on her toes as she stretched.

"It was hard to sleep with you two talking." Said another, which was Hizashi has he had gotten off his chair to begin stretching his arms out. His long black T-shirt hung over his black shorts so he wasn't exposing any skin.

"And no one really needs to worry about what Natsuko says. She is an idiot and has no clue as to what she is talking about."

"Oh yeah?" Natsuko then caught Hizashi in a Full Nelson, lifting him a couple inches from the ground.

"Is that any way to talk about your older sister?"

"You're only older by one minute!" Hizashi said as he was trying to squirm out of Natsuko's grip. However, when it came to endurance and brute strength, Natsuko out-classes Hizashi completely.

"Let go of me!" Hizashi yelled at his sister.

"As you wish." Natsuko said, dropping Hizashi on the floor.

"Come on now, don't fight." Naruto pleaded. "You know your mother doesn't like it."

"Oh, but I'm so bored." Natsuko complained. "When am I going to get to see my new little brother."

"Don't worry; they'll let us in soon." Naruto said, trying to calm his daughter down.

"What!" Sakura gave Naruto on of those 'I can't believe what a heard' looks. "You mean you haven't seen your new son because they won't let you in yet?"

"Well, yeah. I was told to wait out here until they were ready."

"What the hell, Naruto! I would expect you to barge into Hinata's and not let anyone tell you what to do. When did you ever become so mellow?" Even as Sakura said this, she knew that the two answers were standing just a couple feet from her. She then stood up and stared down at Naruto to dramatize her point.

"Besides, you are Uzumaki Naruto, there isn't a single person in this village who doesn't know who you are and the things that you have accomplished."

"So, that doesn't give me the right to break the hospital's rules."

"There can be exceptions, especially in this situation. It's your son for God's sake! Besides, don't you realize you're talking to the current Chief of Medicine here? If I say that you can go see your son, then you can go see him and no one could stop you."

Naruto just stared at her with a shocked look on his face. Sakura had pretty much given him permission to break the rules of her own hospital, which she took very seriously. Naruto had even seen her scold an intern for being twenty seconds late to her shift. Naruto smiled his usual goofy grin.

"You know what, you're right. I'm being completely out of character. Look out, 'cause I'm coming in there whether you are ready for me or not!"

And with that, Naruto practically leaped up from his seat and charged straight into his wife's room.

"Hey, Hina…" Naruto stopped mid sentence has he was opening the door. What he saw before him was a truly beautiful sight that left him in awe. Hinata was sitting straight up in her hospital bed, with a nurse standing beside the bed. Her long, silky raven-colored hair hung from her head, and her lavender-tinted eyes were completely focused on the tiny newborn that she was cradling in her arms. The expression on her face was nothing less then pure bliss. The sunlight shone in through the large window, hitting the mother and her child at the perfect angle. After noticing Naruto's sudden entrance, Hinata looked up at him and gave him a smile that just made him melt inside.

"Oh, Naruto." Hinata began, her voice sounded like a chorus of angels to Naruto. "The nurse was just about to tell you that you and the kids could come in."

Naruto was about to respond, but he was interrupted by his daughter squeezing between him and the doorway, rushing into the room.

"Mommy!" Natsuko yelled as she leaped up onto Hinata's bed. Hizashi calmly walked in after her, followed by Sakura. Hizashi then walked up to the side of his mother's bed.

"Can we see him mom?" Hizashi asked. The way Hinata was holding her newborn caused his face to be hidden from view.

"Yeah, I wanna see my cute, new little brother!" Natsuko exclaimed.

"Alright, alright, calm down." Hinata said calmly as she held out her new son. "Here he is."

The child was asleep. His tiny hands were balled up into fists and raised up toward his puffy cheeked face. The blanket that he was wrapped in slowly rose up and down as his breathing was steady as he slept.

"Say hello to your brother and sister, Itachi."

"Kawaii! I wanna hold him." Natsuko reached out with toward Itachi. Hinata placed Itachi in her arms, making sure Natsuko was holding him correctly.

"You named him weasel?" Hizashi asked skeptically.

"I think it's absolutely adorable!" Natsuko said as she began to hug Itachi closer to herself.

"Since when does the tomboy find things cute?"

"Back off, this is different!" Natsuko and Hizashi glared at each other. You could practically see the sparks shooting out of their eyes.

"Itachi? So it worked?" Sakura asked, turning toward Naruto.

"Hm? Oh, I didn't know you knew." Naruto said, rather surprised.

"Yeah, Lady Tsunade filled me in. I am the one running this hospital; there was no way I was going to let something like this slip past me." Sakura said with a sneer. She was pretty much bragging.

"However, I may know what's going on, but I don't why. So tell me, Naruto, why did you want to reincarnate Itachi."

"Well, Sakura, I'm not entirely sure myself why." Naruto paused as he folded his arms and looked like he was going into deep thought.

"I just seemed like the right thing to do. The things the Uchiha clan had gone through at the expense of the Senju, it just seemed unfair to me. I mean, I am not blaming Senju entirely and I cannot condone Madara's actions, both clans are at fault. However, I could sympathize with the situation. The efforts of the early Senju clan and Madara's attack on Konoha twenty-six years ago laid the foundation of the Uchiha's downfall. The Uchiha Massacre was an event that should never have happened, and it was something that could have been avoided if both sides could have just thrown away their pride and strived for a peaceful resolve."

"But it's too late to change what our ancesters have done in the past. All I can hope for now is a new start. With the birth of my son, Uchiha Itachi, the Uchiha clan shall have a clean slate, a place to begin anew. Being my and Hinata's child, he will be born outside the cycle of hatred created between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan of old. I want to see him strive to become successful and rebuild the Uchiha into a prominent clan, one that would be proud of their clan and village and inherit the Will of Fire."

As Sakura listened to Naruto, she could see the sincerity in his eyes. He truly believed every word of what he just said, and that his son was truly going to be able to accomplish those ambitions. Sakura smiled and started to nudge him with her elbow.

"So, is this your plan in creating peace?"

"Um, well, one of them. It certainly is a place to start. If I want to create a long-lasting peace with the other nations, then I need to at least find a way to make peace within my own village. Also, I won't let Itachi go into this blind. I plan to tell him everything about our village's foundation, and I won't tell him that history biased toward a particular side. It won't be just Konoha's beginnings, either. I'm sure once he gets to the academy that he will be taught Madara was a tyrant bent on ruling the world and that Sasuke was an evil man that would show no mercy to anyone who would get in his way. I am going to tell him the truth, and I want him to understand why Madara and Sasuke were pushed into doing what they did. Then, once he knows everything, all I can do from there is hope he makes the right decisions."

"Well, that's good and all, but…" Sakura cringed as the thought had crossed her mind. "What if he decides to follow in Sasuke's footsteps, and swears a vendetta against Konoha just as Sasuke has."

"Then that will be what he decides for himself, and if he is truly dedicated to that, then I cannot stop him." Naruto looked back at Sakura as she gave him a worried look.

"But, I don't think he will. I could be saying this just because he is my son, but I am sure that he will make the right choice. Besides, it's generally agreed upon that parents should believe in their children, right?"

"Hmph, what would I know about that, baka." Sakura said jokingly, but Naruto knew that she was hurt by it.

"Come on, Sakura. I'm sure that there is someone out there that would be willing to give you kids, providing you don't scare away the guy first."

"Agh, you really are a baka!" Sakura said, pushing Naruto's head down with her fist.

"Okay, stop it, I'm sorry already. Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to hold my newborn son now."

Naruto then walked over toward his wife and sat down next to her. Hinata took Itachi from Natsuko, which was difficult as she did not want to let him go, and gave him to Naruto. To Sakura, she couldn't think of a scene that was more perfect then what was before her right at that moment. It was a picture perfect family. Just by watching them, you knew that no matter what came their way, they would get through it. There are only a few families in the world that could do that to a person. Again, Sakura was a little envious, but she was truly happy for them, and despite her earlier comment, she was sure that as long as Naruto and the rest of his family was there for him, Itachi might just be able to pull it off and bring peace to Konohagakure.